Is that little girl Fyre? How did she grow up so fast XD? Or am I mistaking that general for someone else? It’s he the guy that turned into a giant wolf and fough Stampede, right? At the same time we first saw Njora right? He is still alive is he not?

This is a flashback scene 7 years in the past.
The general who is orating the news is indeed Rowling wjo fought stampede. but younger.
The person who died, however, is Fyre’s father Sundarr. You’ll get to know who he is in the next page.

Boukou

Oh! I get it now! Forgive me, I was fooled by that helmet hiding his epic whiskers!